Luggage-carrier for vehicles



.W. W. WOOSTER.

LUGGAGE CARRIER FOR VEHICLESI APPLICATION FILED OCT. 31, 1919.

1 370 25 3 I Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

g ATTORNEYS.

m a Ta i g UNITED STATES WARREN W. WOOSTER, OF BERLIN, NEW JERSEY.

LUGGAGE-CARRIER FOR VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedMar. 1, 1921.

Application filed. October 31, 1919. Serial No. 334,793.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, WARREN WV. Woosrnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Berlin, in the county of Camden, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Luggage-Carrier for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a luggagecarrier more particularly applicable to the running board of an automobile, the same consisting of a standard adapted to be clamped to said board, and a strap which is adapted to be connected with said standard and passed around the luggage and tightened thereon, thus retaining the luggage firmly on the board and adapting it to be readily removed from the latter.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific details shown and described, as long as they are within the spirit or scope of the claims.

Figures 1 and 2 represent elevations at a right angle to each other of a luggage carrier embodying my invention.

Fig. 3 represents a top or plan view thereof.

Fig. lrepresents a side elevation of a detached portion thereof.

Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of the device on a reduced scale illustrating the application thereof to a running board with luggage held in position.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates a vertically extending standard at the bottom portion of which is the offset 2 integral therewith adapted to receive an adjacent portion of the running board 3 of an automobile, the upper limb 4 of said offset being adapted to rest on the upper side of said running board, and the lower limb 5 thereof being provided with the bolt or screw 6 which is adapted to be tightened against the underside of said running board, whereby the standard is held firmly in position on the latter rising therefrom.

The standard is formed of metal or other material with the reinforcing rib 7 on the outer side thereof, said rib adding strength and durability to the standard. 8 designates loop-like members which are connected readapted to ride on said cross bars in its adjusting andtightening actions on the luggage.

In order toconnect the loops with the standards, the sides of the latter are formed with recesses 13'which are adapted to re ceive adjacent portions of the side bars 10 of the loops, said portions being sprung into or driven into said recesses. Then as the lips 11 are inturned on the face of the standard and rest thereagainst the loops are held in position in a simple, inexpensive, firm and durable manner without the use of pivots or pintles as such, while also prevented from being wrenched off of the standard.

The operation is as follows: Two standards with appurtenances are preferably applied to the running board and bolted thereto and'the lower portions of the straps are placed on the latter.

The luggage is seated on the running board and said portions of the straps and so occupy position on said board between the adjacent wall 14 of the body of the automobile, other portions of the straps being passed up the back of the luggage and over the same to the front where the ends of the strap are drawn taut and connected by the buckles 15 on the other ends of the straps whereby the luggage is firmly held in position, it being evident that when thestraps are unbuckled the luggage is released of the holding action of the straps whereby it may be removed when so desired.

The terminal of the limb 5 of the offset 2 is formed with an interiorly threaded boss 16 in which is fitted the bolt 6, and the upper end of the latter has the head 17 swiveled thereon, said head being adapted to bear against the underside of the running board and so take firm hold thereof without injury thereto, whereby said head assisted by the upper limb 4 of the offset causes the stand- :rd to be clamped most firmly to the running oard.

By loosening the bolts 6 the standards with the attached straps are disconnected from the running board andso may be removed therefrom.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a luggage carrier of the character stated connectible with the running board of an automobile or other vehicle, a standard, loop-like members on the latter, one at the top and one at the bottom, each member consisting of a cross bar adapted to be set out from the standard, side bars adapted to be seated on the corresponding portions of the standard, and lips adapted to be seated on the standard opposite to the cross bar, and a strap adapted to be passed through said member around said cross bar and around the luggage and have its ends connected. V

2. In a luggage carrier of the character stated connectible with the running board of an automobile or other vehicle, a stand ard, and strap-receiving loop-like members one at the top and one at the bottom of the standard, adapted to be connected with the standard and being formed of a set out cross bar, sides, and inturned lips on said sides opposite to said cross bar, said standard being provided with recesses adapted to have the sides of said member seated therein, said lips being adapted to abut the outer face of said standard.-

3. In a luggage'carrier of the character stated connectible to the running board of an automobile or other vehicle, a standard with means for fastening the same to the running board, said standard having notches upon its opposite sides, loops embracing the standard near the top and bottom thereof and having portions engaged in said notches, and offset from the standard to provide spaces for a strap, and a strap run through said loops in said spaces with a portion parallel with the standard and sustained thereagainst throughout its length.

WARREN W. WOOSTER.

Witnesses: 7

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, N. BUSSINGER. 

